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May mushroom, as the name implies, appears in the forests of the European part of Russia in late spring. People often call it the May ryadovka, T-shirt or St. George's mushroom. In scientific reference books, you can often find the name Calocybe May (from the name of the genus Calocybe).

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the description of the T-shirt mushroom, see a photo of the May mushroom, as well as find out some interesting facts about calocybe and get information about its medicinal properties.

Family: Ordinary (Tricholomataceae).

Synonyms: ryadovka may, kalotsibe may, t-shirt, Georgiev mushroom.

Description. The hat is 5-12 cm in diameter, fleshy, first convex, then prostrate, with a wavy, often cracking edge, flat or with a tubercle, creamy, yellowish, off-white, dry. Usually the calocybe cap is smooth, but during dry periods the May mushroom is all shriveled, as if dehydrated.

Its pulp is dense, white, soft, taste and smell are strong, pleasant, sweetish. The plates are whitish with a cream shade, frequent. Stem 4-10 X 0.6-3 cm, dense, clavate, whitish, brownish-cream or yellowish, fibrous.

The fungus loves sparse deciduous forests, forest edges, parks, grows in grassy areas, pastures, pastures, in gardens, near settlements. Found throughout the temperate zone of Russia.

Fruiting period: May - early June. Sometimes (quite rarely) the May mushroom manages to slip through the second time a year in the fall (usually September). It appears in very small quantities in the same places where it grew in spring, the caps of such mushrooms are yellowish in color. Previously, such fall outbreaks were considered fungi of a different species (C. georgii).

Similar species. Taking into account the timing and place of fruiting, the mushroom cannot be confused with any other species.

Mushroom T-shirt: medicinal properties

Medicinal properties: Dichloromethane extract has bactericidal properties (it has a detrimental effect on hay bacillus and Escherichia coli). Contains antibiotic substances that inhibit the development of tubercle bacillus. Has anti-cancer effect (completely suppresses sarcoma-180 and Ehrlich's carcinoma).

German biochemists have discovered the antidiabetic effect of this mushroom, noting a significant decrease in blood sugar levels with its regular use.

Normalizes metabolism.

Georgiev mushroom: collection rules and interesting facts

Collection rules: Young fruiting bodies are harvested in dry weather. Alcohol infusions are used.

Used fresh, suitable for pickling and pickling. Very tasty in the marinade.

Interesting Facts. One of the most delicious rows. This is the only mushroom that people in England collect in addition to truffles and morels (they call it "George's mushroom" there). In Italy, the mushroom is called marzolino ("martovka"), because there it appears already at the beginning of March. Romania exports May mushroom to Western Europe in industrial quantities.